Non-refillable bottle or vessel.



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NON-REFILLABLB BOTTLE 0R VESSEL.

APPLICATION FILED 1320.6, 1904.

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THOMAS KING OROSSLEY AND GEORGE JONES, JR., OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORS OE ONE-THIRD TO GEORGE AUDLEY, OF

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE OYR VESSEL.

No. vr799,635.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1905. l

Application filed December 6, 1904. Serial No. 235,752.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern.-

Beit known that we^,THoMAs KING OnossLnY and GnonenJoNns, J r. ,subjects of the King of England, residing at 5 Pall Mall, Liverpool,

in the county of Lancaster. England, have invented4 new and useful Improvements in Non- Reiillable Bottles or Vessels, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has reference to bottles or vessels for containing spirits or other valuable liquids having for the purpose primarily to prevent'liquors or spirits being introduced into the bottles or vessels through the mouth or opening, and thereby filling or charging them with spurious substances or imitations for those originally contained in the bottles or vessels in cases where the bottles or vessels bear upon them labels, marks, or brands denoting certain characters or qualities of liquor or the special manufacture or merchandise of certain people and under like or equivalent conditions.

.According to this invention a non-reiillable bottle or vessel is comprised of or madein two party-namely, a body portion and a neck portion-connected, together by a socket or like joint and by a suitable cementitious adhesive, and according to one construction the body portion of the bottle or vessel is provided near the body with a comparatively deep socket, in some cases larger than the aperture connecting it with the body, while theneck portion has a flange adapted to be inserted in the socket.' In connection with the bottle or vessel is a valvular portion or device for preventing the filling up of the bottle from the mouth. As a means of carrying out the cementing in a manner and by a construction in and by which it is impossible to tamper fraudulently with the joint that is to say, to break or undo the joint by boiling, immersion in various liquids, or heat,

@ccf-the neck portion and the socket are proinfention will be further described by their ai In the drawings, Figure 1 is avertical section showing a bottle with the parts fitted together. Fig. 2 is a plan in section taken at A A in Fig. l; and Figs. 3 and 4 are plan and elevation, respectively, of the valve-weight disk hereinafter described.

Referring now to the examples shown in the drawings, a is the body of the bottle, c the neck of the bottle, and ois the non-filling or stop-valve. The body a is provided with a socket b, having a face c at the bottom, and on its inside an internal thread similar to that of an ordinary screw-stoppered bottle. The neck c has at its lower edge a iiange f, and round its face just above the iiange f is fitted a wood, vulcanite, or like externally-threaded collar or ring g, made in two halves, preferably, so as to be capable of being readily placed in position on tbe neck, or the thread may be on the neck itself. The neck portion e is fastened into the socket b of the body by screwing the threaded collar g down into the socket, theface of the socket and the collar having first been smeared with a suitable cement, which when dry joins the collar and the glass socket immovably and indissolubly together, while at the same time in most cases the neck e will not be rigidly clamped by the collar g, but only a tight fit therein to prevent liquid escaping from the body, so that if an attempt were made to unscrew the collar g by using the neck .e as a handle for unscrewing it it could not be effected, as the neck would slip round inside the collar without affecting the joint.

With regard to the valvular portion of the invention, the valve o is of wood or made of less specific gravity than the liquor which the bottle is to contain and normally rests on and` works in connection with a valve-seat fitting p, of metal or other suitable material, such iitting being held in place in the neck and on the face c by the lower edge of the neck-iiange f. Connected with the ballvalve 0 is a weighted disk g, the connection between the ball and the disk being by a iiexible cord or chain r, which extends through the openings in the valve-seat tting p.

with perforations s init, and it works' in con- 'Ihis weight-disk q, which is of metal, is of substantial weight:

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v'IOS nection with the under face tof the valve-seat fitting p, both face and disk being shaped similarly. Fitting over the valve-seat fitting p is a metal or other cap w with holeswin its upper part, shielded from above by inclined rings or eaves y and having at its lower part vent slits or openings z for the entrance of air into the bottle when the contents are being poured out. Equivalent vent-openings in the form of slits u are provided in the edge of the disk q for the entrance of this air.

In use when the bottle is turned upside down for decanting or pouring out the contents the ball 0 will move off the face of the Valve-seat fr and the disk g will lie on the face -that is, the parts take this position when the bottle is completely inverted and in a vertical or nearly vertical position. The contents will then pass through the apertures in the disk and the valve-seat fitting fr and the openings and through the mouth proper'. i

If the bottle be only inclined and in any other position than the vertical or nearly vertical, then the disk q will slide down off or move away from the face t and will pull the valve 0 onto its seat, and thus prevent the bottle being filled fraudulently while in this position, and, furthermore, as the bottle is held or moved farther toward the horizontal and the normal vertical the stronger and more direct will be the pull of the weighted disk g on and tending to close the valve 0, while if an attempt be made to fill the bottle with liquid when it is in its inverted or nearly inverted position by forcing the liquor in the ball 0, being of wood or rendered buoyant in any other way or of less specific gravity than,

the liquor, will be floated onto its seat, and so prevent the entry of liquor from without, and hence it is impossible to fill the bottle with liquid from the mouth in any position.

The valve cap or guard u may be fastened onto the seat 7 by solder or in any other suitable way.

With regard to attempts to insert wire or other instruments to get under the valve 0 and hold it open while liquid is forced or poured into the bottle or attempted' to be poured, this is rendered impossible by way of the openings fr by the presence of the guardeaves y, which prevent the entrance of these holes from being reached by any such wire instrument.

It will thus be seen that in all directions the bottle possesses immunity from being tampered with or being wrongfully or fraudulently used in the manner described` and it constitutes an effective non-rellable bottle, while at the same time it is practical as regards structuralcharacteristics and without complications.

It will be seen that according to this invention and by the construction herein described the two parts of the bottle-namely, the neck and the body-engage mechanically one with the other and that this engagement is rendered immovable by cement, and itwthe invention-is not restricted to the particular form or construction of parts set forth with reference to and shown in the drawings, and the novel characteristics which it is intended to claim in respect to the herein-described invention are set forth or referred to in the claiming clauses concluding the specification.

What is claimed isl. A bottle or Vessel comprising a body portion (o, an internally-threaded socket 7) thereon, and a neck portion e fitting into said socket having an externally-threaded part g fitting on it and engaging with the threads of the socket, the threads of such socket and neck part being cemented together by cement applied to the surfaces thereof, substantially as set forth.

2. A bottle or vessel comprising a body portion a, an internally-threaded socket thereon, and a neck portion e fitting into said socket, having a flange f on its lower end, an externally-threaded collar g in two or more parts, fitting on the neck above the flange f, said collar-threads being adapted to engage with the socket-threads, and the said threads being cemented together by cement applied to the snrfaces of same, substantially as set forth.

3. A bottle or vessel comprising a body a, an internally -threaded socket b thereon, a neck @having aflangef on its lower end, and an externally-threaded collar g in parts, fitting on the neck above the flange f and engaging and cemented immovably with the threads of the socket and the said neck e being fitted'movably, circularly, in the said collar and socket, substantially as set forth.

4. In a non-refillable bottle or vessel, a body a having an internally-threaded socket a neck portion e adapted to fit in and be engaged with the said socket, a valve 0 and a valveseat fitting a having its edge fitting in between and held between the neck end and the socket-bottom face c, substantially as'described.

5. In a non-refillable bottle or vessel, a body a having an internally-tln'eaded socket b. a neck portion e adapted to fit in and be engaged with the said socket, a valve 0, a valve-seat, a cap w fitting on the seat over the valve, said cap having air-inlet passages .e in its lowest part at the sides thereof and liquid-discharge openings fr in the upper part of its sides above the air-inlet passages z. substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS KING CROSSLEY. GEORGE JONES, JR.

VVitn esses g SoMERvILLu GooDALL, GUY OKE.

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